PJ Harvey - On Battle Ship HillFrom A Series Of 12 Short Films, By Seamus Murphy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------From the album 'Let England Shake'Download the album from ITunes now: http://bit.ly/gQ0HRs-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/PJHarvey

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Seamus Murphy - On Battleship Hill

It opens in the house in Berlin I was staying while editing the films with Sebastian Gollek. This is Franz, Sebastian's stepfather. I liked having a German reciting the opening lines to a song written from and about the other side of the trenches. The bingo ladies were shot on Canvey Island, near Southend in Essex. Liked connecting them with the rockabilly/skiffle sound at the beginning of the track. Maybe when they were young women they jived to that sound? The bingo hall might have been a dance hall in their day. Canvey Island was certainly home to Dr. Feelgood.